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Philippa Gregory chooses her Tracks of My Years

Historian and best-selling author Philippa Gregory picks her Tracks of My Years all this week with Ken. Plus, Ken's got PopMaster - the nation's favourite quiz - at 10:30.

Historical novelist Philippa Gregory picks her Tracks Of My Years all this week with Ken.

Philippa is the number one bestselling author of Tidelands and Dark Tides. She wrote her first ever novel, Wideacre, when she was completing her PhD in eighteenth-century literature. It sold worldwide and Philippa went on to write many bestselling novels, including The Other Boleyn Girl and The White Queen.

She graduated from the University of Sussex and received a PhD from the University of Edinburgh, where she is a Regent and was made Alumna of the Year in 2009 as well as honorary degrees from Teesside University and the University of Sussex.

Philippa is also a fellow of the Universities of Sussex and Cardiff and an honorary research fellow at Birkbeck University of London. In 2020 she was made a CBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours for her services to literature and charity.

In 2016 Philippa was presented with the Outstanding Contribution to Historical Fiction Award by the Historical Writers鈥� Association. In 2018, she was awarded an Honorary Platinum Award by Nielsen for achieving significant lifetime sales across her entire book output.

Her latest book Dawnlands is the third in the epic Fairmile series. Besides writing, her other great interest is the charity Gardens for the Gambia, which she founded nearly twenty years ago, that amongst other things has funded 200 wells in Primary Schools.

Philippa鈥檚 first two choices come from The Beatles and the Beach Boys.

Plus Ken's got the week's first edition of PopMaster and your dedications with today's love song. There's also the brand new record and album of the week. If you want to contact the show, just email - ken.bruce@bbc.co.uk

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Mon 14 Nov 2022 09:30
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Music Played

  • Stevie Wonder

    Sir Duke

    • Stevie Wonder - Song Review.
    • Motown.

  • Dermot Kennedy

    Kiss Me

    • (CD Single).
    • UMGRI Interscope.

  • Whitney Houston

    Million Dollar Bill

    • (CD Single).
    • Arista.
    • 1.

  • Shalamar

    I Can Make You Feel Good

    • Friends - Deluxe Edition.
    • Big Break Records.
    • 4.

  • George Ezra

    Anyone For You (Tiger Lily)

    • Gold Rush Kid.
    • Columbia.

  • Carly Rae Jepsen

    The Loneliest Time (feat. Rufus Wainwright)

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.

  • Reef

    How I Got Over

    • (CD Single).
    • REEFBAND.
    • 1.

  • Boy Meets Girl

    Waiting For A Star To Fall

    • The All Time Greatest Movie Songs.
    • Columbia/Sony Tv.

  • Joel Corry & Tom Grennan

    Lionheart (Fearless)

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.

  • Natalie Imbruglia

    Torn

    • 1999 Grammy Nominees (Various Artist.
    • Elektra.

  • The Three Degrees

    Woman In Love

    • Million Sellers Vol.17 - The Seventie.
    • Disky.

  • Record Of The Week

    • Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds

      Pretty Boy

  • Sniff 鈥檔鈥� the Tears

    Driver's Seat

    • Various Artists - Top Gear 2.
    • Columbia.

  • Meat Loaf

    I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)

    • Now 1993 - The Millennium Series.
    • Castle.

  • Taylor Swift

    Anti-Hero

    • Midnights.
    • EMI.

  • Queen

    A Kind Of Magic

    • Queen - Greatest Hits II.
    • Parlophone.

  • Blue

    Heart & Soul

    • Heart & Soul.
    • BMG Rights Management.

  • Carpenters

    Superstar

  • 顿别蝉鈥檙别别

    Life

    • Big Hits '98 (Various Artists).
    • Sony.

  • Album Of The Week

    • Bruce Springsteen

      Nightshift

      • Only The Strong Survive.
      • Columbia.

  • Quarterflash

    Harden My Heart

    • Billboard Top Hits: 1982 (Various Artists).
    • Rhino.

  • Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott

    I Drove Her Away

    • N.K-Pop.
    • EMI Records.

  • Will Powers

    Kissing With Confidence

    • The Island Story (Various Artists).
    • Island.

  • Tracks Of My Years

    • The Beatles

      Help!

      • The Beatles - 1.
      • Apple.
      • 010.

    • The Beach Boys

      Do It Again

      • Fifty Number Ones Of The 60's (Variou.
      • Global Television.

  • Stormzy

    Hide & Seek

    • This Is What I Mean.
    • 0207 Def Jam.

  • The Isley Brothers

    This Old Heart Of Mine

    • Soul (Various Artists).
    • Polygram Tv.

  • Joe Cocker

    Delta Lady (Radio 1 Session, 7 Oct 1968)

    • The Greatest Hits Of 1969.
    • Premier.

Broadcast

  • Mon 14 Nov 2022 09:30
    成人快手 Radio 2